Teacher Change at the Middle Level: Supporting Teachers in Culturally Responsive Instruction Through Virtual Professional Development

• In Event: Middle-Level Education Teacher Preparation and Professional Development in Response to the Changing Landscape of Education

Abstract

In the current study, we present findings from the second phase of a research endeavor exploring changes in middle-level teachers’ instructional approaches through virtual professional development focused on culturally responsive instruction (CRI). The following research questions guided this study: (a) What are changes in the self-efficacy beliefs of middle-level teachers engaged in virtual professional development devoted to CRI?; (b) How do middle-level teachers’ culturally responsive approaches change through their participation in virtual professional development in CRI?; and (c) What are teachers’ perceptions of CRI and their experiences with middle-level students? Findings suggest that participating teachers experienced changes in their implementation of CRI and positive shifts in their self-efficacy beliefs through their participation in virtual professional development.

Authors

• Pamela Correll, Missouri State University
  Presenting Author

• Kimberly J Stormer, Houston Independent School District
  Presenting Author

• Ximena Uribe-Zarain, Missouri State University
  Presenting Author

• Cory T. Brown, The Ohio State University - Newark
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